Footwell light's upgrade

[KrisKrk]

Wanted to brighten up Ambient lighting and thought of brilliant idea.
Had a 5 metre reel with 12V crisp white leds lying around so decided to stuck some of them into the footwell lamps and see if they work.
Leds are divided into sections of three so cut out one section, stripped connectors (waterproof strip), add some solder and aligned with original led circuit

Solder on top of original led

Secured with shrink tube

Fitted into the clear plastic

And closed it up

Here's the result

I'll take some night time pictures but it is much brighter now and still can adjust it



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[KrisKrk]

Will install these leds later on into door Ambient lighting across the whole section.

 

[Stuaboy]

How easy is it to solder


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[KrisKrk]

How easy is it to solder


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Solder is like solder. Tine up terminals, solder hem on to the prongs and job done.

Looking at it now, it was a proper cowboy job. LOL
It did worked though so cannot complaint.

Upgraded it not long after anyway

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[Stuaboy]

That’s nice where about you based you want to do it for me lol I have never done it before


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[KrisKrk]

That’s nice where about you based you want to do it for me lol I have never done it before


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I'm near Heathrow, London.
Got all of them upgraded lights from Aliexpress and they are super bright

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[Stuaboy]

I have never soldered before that’s the only thing


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[Stuaboy]

Do you know what size bulbs are


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[Frizzley]

Did this in my S5 - got the bulbs from Rocket Wires— really bright and dimable too.

Before and after pics below

 

[Stuaboy]

I like them are they just straight swap


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[Frizzley]

Yep straight swap. just popped the lens cover , unclipped the led board (bulb) and replaced with the new one. Then popped it all back in.

The ones in the pics only took a couple of mins to swap. The only issue I had was doing the ones for the rear the passenger footwells. My S5 is a coupe so getting access under the bottom at the back of the front seats was tight (understatement) to begin with and the wiring harness is only just long enough to pop the lamp holders out. Needed to be a contortionist to get them back in and ended up cricking my neck In process

if it’s a saloon then the rear passenger footwells should be a lot easier

 

[Stuaboy]

Are the q3 the same for bulbs as I have a q3 2012


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[Rick_RS4]

Great upgrades looks really smart

 

[Frizzley]

Not familiar with the Q3 - I’d drop a note to Robin @RobinA3 at Rocket Wires - he’s a member in here and he will be able to confirm.

Here a link if that helps https://rocketwires.co.uk/contact-us

 

[Stuaboy]

Ok thanks mate


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